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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-12-26, Page 1P 19, 1919 FIFTY-THIRD YEAR 1 WHOLE NUMBER, 27I5 -I A SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 26, 1919 peen transform- nense Holiday ;o overflowing for all y o 3.00. tok o 2.75 all 1 sizes as 5.00 - tt GreigCIothiigCo'y " Second to .?None " Our Christmas Saleis Saving Shoppers Many Dollars Frequently we hear the remark. made by customers that "this sale comes in at a good time so much to buy and everything else so high priced." This store is certainly the place to buy Men's and Boys' sensible and.useful:gif#s. The get purchased here contribute to the comfort, the pleasure and the ad- miration of the one who receives. Everything consisting of a purchase of 25c up to $150' purchase may be selected from our extra large and varied stock of Den's, Women's, and Boys' wearing apparel. ..r.� . Look These Aver ' 4 $150 to $400 Gentlemen's Wool Mtifliers...:'.... ,�... Gentlemen's Silk Mufflers...... a ... -.. 41.00 to $5.00. Men's Neckties . 50c. to $2.50 Men's. Silk Cashmere and Wool Sox......50e to $1.50 Men's Gloves, Silk and Wool Lined..... $1.50 to $4,00 Men's Braces - Men's Coat Sweaters= Men's Fancy Shirts.... . . Men's Fine Underwear... . . iseR Men's Wool Gloves...... Men's Handkerchiefs ....... 4.............. . ....50c to $1,00 .$3.00 to $12.00 ........$2.00 to $3.00 ...$2.00 to $10.00 . ,..:..$1.00 to $1.50 .........25c to 50c $20 to $40 $25 to $50 $30 to $50 ...$1 to $3 $.1 to $3 $7 to $Io 5.00 to $15 1`.50 to 5.00 ...,.,......Sec to I.00 75c to 2.75. ▪ .............e..650 to 15.00 Men's Fine Overcoats... - Men's Fine Suits.. ..... .•....... Men's Fur Coats... - ....� .....z Men's Caps............... ..... Men's Work Shirts .. Boys' Mackinaw Coats .. Boys' Overcoats. .. Boys' Coat Sweatei s... Boys' Stockings... Boys' Underwear ........ Boys' Suits ......... Boys' Gloves........ Ladies' Fine Fur Coats...,. Ladies' Fine Cloth Coats...... Ladies' Fine Plush Coats... .. ...50C to I.00 I0000 t0 200.00 ...0 00 25.00 tO 5. 0 0to35.00 ... Ladies' Pine Fur Collared Coats ...25. 00 to 6o.00 Ladies' Fine Black Fur Sets .......... io.00 to 4.0.00 Ladies' Fine Wolf Sets...... .. I S.00 to 40 00 Ladies' Fine Oppossum Sets.. 30.00 to 70.0o Ladies' Eine Coat Sweaters................ 7.5o to 12.00 Ladies' Tine Pullover Wool Waists.... .5:0o to 10.00 Girl -s' Fur Sets 5.00 to 20.00 Girls' Wool Sets...... - ......2.50 to 4.00 Misses' Coats - ...I2.00 t0 20.00 The above lines are only a few suggestions. Our store is crammed full with unlimited variety. We in- vite all shoppers to visit us in the search for " Some- thing Suitable. " - Greig CIothiug Co. SEAPORTS McLean Bros., Publishers $1.50 a Year in Advance ery ,Merry Christmas. pin. r.: r�. r. 7.-, la. -r..r. •. �_�., . Wit' r�.� �. 1 IS THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT FOR CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE For the first time in the modern history of Canada a weekly paper is the nearest thing to the organ of a Government. If you would know the mind of the Drury Cabinet you must read the "Farmers' Sun," the official organ of the United :-Farmers 'of On- tario. Last week, in an editorial on the - position of the Government, it was said that every member of the Government is a -Canada First man. What does that mean, first to the "Sun's•? and, secondly, how - does it tally with the Government's position towards Canadian nationality? The "Sun" is like nothing else in Canadian journalism. That is true of its position to -day, °and also of its pos- ition before it was bought by -the and contemptuous lawyers on their Farmers' Publishing Company. The feet, Waldron does not long. remain paper belonged to Goldwin Smith, who persona grata. always believed - that Canada would Mr. Morrison has a habit. 4f saying Mr. Waldron would ern ` certainly have been Attorney -Gene -. he hav- ing for so long occupied a :sznaitic re lationship to. M'r, Morrison:. He was reported in the papers as,. being in much consultation with: Mr, Drury, during the past days of the Drury leadership, and he would have liked to be Attorney -General. But, for one thing, he had been an anti -prohibition candidate for the Legislature, and Premier Drury is an ardent prohibi- tionist. For another, Mr. Drury reached the conclusion that if Waldron were ' in the Cabinet, the question Would arise as to whether there were' not two Kings ' of Brentford.. Waldron gets along very well with those who will sit at his feet. But to those who don't care to carry clever" masterful ultimately . leave the Empire and join the United States. 'lam. Smith was one of the most brilliant litterateurs of his time. He lived in Canada, but never became a Canadian, • Arnold Haultain, his -secretary, in the interesting book on Goldwin Smith and, his opinions, repeats a conversa- tion in the latter days of - the sage, when, explaining why his . fortune would go mainly to Cornell -Univers- ity, said: I have not -been happy here." He felt he was never proper - "Exactly" to Mr. Waldron'and others. Mr. Drtry is not an "exec it* sort of man; and though someof Waldron's lineaments g aretraceale; in the 1.1. F. 0. child, he will not *re charge of itswardrobe. w be. With inward to social legislation Waldron'' is a reac- tionary. In the "Sun" *attacked certain features of`the fajeliers" pro- gramme as horribly socialistic -and thereby frightened somas. of the French-Canadian friends 01 :the T. F: e. 'r; =let appreciated, and thati a efforts at • Though he has often appeared. con- unselfish public service had not been tent,- like Burke's ° celleame, to. say understood. ° - "Ditto" to W. L. Smith and Gordon That service included financial help - Waldron, as M. P, for Bristol, Mr. to journalism. Ile was a backer of ' Morrison is a -very ablemew in his "The Nation." the organ of the Can- own, line. Waldron hasnbeen to ada First movement of the seventies, church for twenty years and Morrison out of which was born the National has i never been a church goer -his Club of Toronto. He lent John Ross father wasn't either, but be le aflame Robertson the $,000 with. which the "Evening Telegram" was founded. The "Weekly Sun," was his creation. It was the organ of the Patrons of Industry movement, . which - brought k batch. of fanners into the Legi- slature, where they did not long sur- vive the aeductivl�: arts -Of Sir Oliver Mowat and his henchmen in the Lib- eral party. Goldwin - Smith used to write a weekly series of notes "By the Bystander." . Theywere delightfully .UY 'Gldwirtian. By he- -farmers -..whoa read them' they were regarded'- is in- - valuable deliverances upon great, and to them, remote questions of Can- adian and international concern. Goldwin Smith had two specially devoted followers in the legal pro- fession, to whom the "Sun" came at his death -W. D. Gregory, a phlegm= atic Quaker, and Gordon Waldron, who is not at all a quaker and is far from phlegmatic;_ a high-minded man who manages to get on the unpopular side of almost every question he takes up. In Goldwin Smith's latter days ' the "Sun" was edited by W. L. Smith who has been a captain in the militia, and.lon'g enjoyed the reputation of be- ing the beat -agricultural reporter in Ontario -a rather narrow, but very honest Canadian, to whom the English Englishman was .somewhat of a bete noir, and trade reciprocity_ with . the United States something of a religion. For several years -right up to the time the paper was • bought by the Farmers' Publishing Company, -and for some months afterwards the edi- torials were written by Gordon Wal- dron. The whole paper was highly toned with -dissatisfaction with near- ly everybody and everything. It was a steady propagation of social bilious- ness and political stomachs -ache.. Dis-. cerning farmers said it,,was altogether destructive in its criticisms --and the opinion was just. The editorials were candidly anti - Imperialist and anything that pro- posed to draw closer together the countries of the -Empire was anathema to it. In court Mr. Waldron observed the - forms of courtesy -to the bench. In the "Sun" he more than' ignored the courtesies of statesmanship. He refused to give a knight his title - it was M±. Borden and Mr. ,Laurier, and . Mr. *verbody else who, by the right of leu, is entitled to be address- ed - as "Sir." -The "Sun':" attitude to the war was cold and critical. Mr. Waldron used to say that it was a mistake to suppose that the native- born Canadian people were in favor of it, as being their war. During the war W. L. Smith was not the editor of the "Sun" -he acted as agricultural editor of the "Globe," • after Mr. McKinnon, who held that post enlisted. He remained with the "Sun" as a weekly contributor of signed material. Mr. Smith did not write for the "Globe" about the war; but he never disguised his opinion that his two sons were not wise to go to the war. He has for years consistently avowed his devotion to Canadian independence. It is his pos- ition now. Though that policy is not advocated by the publishing company which • employs him as • editor of the "Weekly Sun" -he returned to his old post last mid -summer -the paper obviously is well tinctured by his senti- ments; and the anti -Imperial tradi- tion of Gordon Waldron is identifiably preserved. From many points of view the United Farmers' movement is a "Sun" movement. The U. F. 0. clubs were urged to subscribe to the paper, when it was altogether a private concern. The dynamic power of the U. F. 0. is J. J. - Morrison, who was and is the disciple of Mr. Waldron and Mr. Smith. Mr. Morrison could have had the Premiership, but felt himself abler to serve the agrarian revolution in his present offices than in Queen's Park, -If he had- taken the first place with zeal for a new economic and political condition for the farming community of his native prince, His sons run .the farm which his father made out of the bush, `immediately after coming to Canada front the north of Ireland. He is an old Liberal; but for years has iunsworn} ;connection, with any other political qty. Pretty much the sane might be said- of most of the ' others~cell known men in the U. -Q e n in - lading Premier Drury, Oa-premier it the 'best -Alan, the fainterscould have selected for hisjob, though' his political interest has been in Dominion rather than in Provincial affairs. He was Liberal candidate against Col. Currie in Simcoe in 1917. Unlike most of his U. F. D. friends, though, he was a conscriptionist, and attended the convention of conscriptionist Lib- erals that was held at Hamilton a few. weeks after the Union Govern- ment was formed. That did not pre- vent his acceptance of the Laurier endorsation in the election for North Simcoe, which he Iost by a big major- ity to fighting Jack Currie. When thousands of Ontario farmers invaded Ottawa on May 14th, 1918, with thousands of Quebec farmers, to protest against the cancellation of farmers' sons' exemptions from con- scripted - military service, neither Mr. Drury nor. W. L. Smith nor Gor- don Waldron was there. Mr. Waldron • had drawn up a statement of the farmers' position,. in which it was said, apropos the demand for more - men, as the result of the astounding success' of the German offensive ° in March and April, that the need was disbelieved in. The Waldron asser- tion was not acceptable and a more. tactfut line was taken, through the influence of ' the present Ontario Minister of Agriculture and others. But, whatever the force behind the U. F. 0. previous to the spring of 1918, there is no question that it was the Ottawa invasion which really pro- duced , the Ontario farmers' swift mobilization as a political army. That must be taken into heavy account in sizing up the position of the present Ontario Government towards the Im- perial relationships of the Dominion MOR - aws MEI N MI _ _ Ma▪ k _ SOK C 1111111111110 Wishing You A, Meri y hristmas Fred S. Sava- - e P. Jeweler and Optician g e. I We have a Xmas Caieadat e. se e.e. se • Phone 194. se e. 3I111111111Nn11i11i111111UU1111111111111111ii1i MOB IMO waiting for you. of Canada. It would be wrong to isay that theOntario farmers were against the war. But it would be ,equally in- correct to assert that. the U. F. 0. .monk and file were enthusiastically for Canada's utmost participation in it, as Mr. Meighen was, who was will- ing to bankrupt- the country, if only the War could be won. In English papers like the "Times" it is perceived that the present situation of politics, in Canada, as well as in Australia te- presents a certain reaction after the war. The matter has hardly been discussed by Canadian newspapers or public men. But what the advent of a U, F. 0. Government, begotten of the "Sun," suggests can be gauged as soon as you ask the question, "What would have been said if one had predicted, during the farmers' inva- sion of Ottawa, in May, 1918, that exactly eighteen months from that day several farmers who received re- sentfully Sir Robert Borden's refusal to revise the exemption cancellations would be sworn in as members of the Ontario Government, and that the secretary who chiefly marshalled the insurgent forces of that day would have virtually refused the Premier- ship? But that is what happened- a revolution indeed. It is no use exploding against the NOTICE WE EXPECT A CARLOAD OF FIVE - ROSES FLOUR, BRAN AND SHORTS TO , AR- RIVE AT WALTON THE FIRST WEEK IN THE NEW YEAR, SPECIAL PRICES OFF CAR. W. G. Neal . WALTON - - -ONTARIO - events of October 20=November 14, We have to regard a condition, not a theory. The Imperialists of Ontario confront a fait accompli not a con- jecture. If the U. F. 0. Govern`znennt is the lawful descendant of Goldwin Smith's anti -Imperialism, what does the phenomenon mean? You must reckon with it, however deeply you may deplore it. The Canada -First man, as designat- ed by the "Farmers' Sun," sees no wisdom in Lord Jellicoe coming - to Canada to discuss Canadian naval policy. Re ° is for Canadian origina- tion -of every Canadian policy. If there is to be military or naval- co- operation between Canada and the other 'nations of the Empire, let it not be suggested by any emissary of Downing Street, or carry the smell of any Imperialist doctrine. The Canada-Firster of the Smith type thinks we do not need any naval or military protection. He is as much of a pacifist as he was before the late war. Having found out what war is in. Europe, the American people . are quite certain they do not want it Iters. - n you tell this Canada-Firster that his ideas mean aur_ complete re- liance upon the United States, be.says: "What of it?" He .says we have no inherently hostile interests . to the United States. We should trade with - them ;unhampered. by a tariff of any .sort or,.. kind. - = Our true = concerns are, entirely Worth American.. It is none of our business to dream of redressing bal- ances in Europe and Asia and all the islands of the sea. Hatt a continent is big enough for Canadians to de-: veep, Hitherto our polities have been degradedto. a- pitiful partisan- ship largely because our people were nurtd in the knowledge and admon- ition of a lordship across the sea which has stunted and distorted their i -he conception of their own cgsuttlr e countrywhich was created out of the forests by the incredible? toil of the, fathers of the present generatic► of Ontario farmers,- who ardently de- sired g sired that their descendants might be free from the restrictions and tyran- nies - which cursed thenuielvee and their ancestors in the $ hd' orld . Our business,. the Canada-J'irstera of the "Fanners? Sun" say, isto meta a new world entirely worth living :in, and to leave the old world to manage its own affairs. What have we to do with .India, .with Imperial influence in the Far East, or with the balance of power in the Balkans? It is only the fool whose oyes are iir all the ends of the earth. We must develop a democracy according to the genius• that' has gone into the true creative work of Canadians in Canada, and owe no ,sort of obedience to the thrones and aristocracies and social conven- tions which hang about the Eastern - Hemisphere --including the. United Kingdom --like - so many Old Men of the Sea. Tell these earnest, convinced Can- adians that all that means separation from the Empire, and they answer: I "What do we owe the Empire?" They do - not want violent severance -lots of them say they don't want sever- ance at all. But they want unrestrict= ed • freedom to develop Canada en- tirely in a Canadian way, without any compulsion to go to any other coun- try for leave to change the size or the scope; of Parliament, for final decision -as to the validity of the judg- ments of our own courts, or for even the nominal rulership which resides in a governor-general. Where we are less self-reliant than any other country we are inferior to that coun- try. Our children must be taught that their citizenship is second to none in the world. Probe the situation and you will find that the new Ontario Govern ment is in sympathy with thesis views. They are as far as the poles apart from the position that was exemplified by the Hearst Government. They must_ be accepted as being, held, per- haps - more or less indefinitely but still very potentially by the rank and file of the U. - F. O. And, if you try to eradicate them, you will have some job upon your hands. -By Clifford Sifford, in Saturday Night. THE "HEAD" OF THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS The December Canadian Magazine contains a most interesting article on the head of _the University schools, Toronto, by Prof. H, J. Crawford. Mr. Crawford a number of years ago was classical master at the Seaforth Collegiate, and was one of the most successful and popular teachers that institution ever had. He was also one of the original members of the famous Huron football team, and is still well remembered by many ° of our readers who were his former pupils and to whom this article will appeal: - - - The making of a school in the real sense is not a matter of mobilizing bricks and mortar, men and boys. These are necessary of course, but without a "central vitalizing force", the result, -says one who has particu- lar 'knowledge of- the schools- in ques- tion, can never be "niore than an edu- cational cafeteria. - For this reason the University Schools were most for- tunate in having as their first Head- master Prof. H, J. Crawford." It is but nine, years since "U. T. S." -4o give the new institution of learn- ing its familiar name --were estab- lished as a practice schools for the stu- dents in the j'Eulty ofEducation, Which itself came into being only in 1907. Nevertheless the true end and aim of a school, the education of its pupils, is never allowed to slip out of sight, and already- the University Schools count among the great schools of the Dominion. As the laboratory of the Faculty of Education they have the benefit of a staff chosen with special thought and care, of build- ings designed to show what the hous- ing of such an institution should be and of peculiarly excellent equipment for science, art and other classes. The University Schools opened in September, 1 10, with 325 boys on the roll. Thfre are now 450 pupils, of_ whom 25) belong to the senior school. The waiting list is always long, and lads are examined before admission. Preference is given to those intending to go on to the Uni- versity,. and 'French and Latin are taken in the junior school. In the rare cases where boys will not work they are not allowed to remain in the schools, - The Headmaster was born fifty- four years ago in Hastings County, at Bridgeyrater, a village about thirty miles. from - Belleville, where his fae ther was superintendent of an axe factory„ but it was in the public schools of Kincardine, Bruce County, that he received his early education and,incidentally, gained the reputes. tion of a "boy -wonder." At ten vane of a ,he pursed the ent iaance; at twely he obtained a second-elass tea - chem • certi ficste and, at :sixteen he embseked upon his life -work and3 camel a master in; Harriaton High Sohool.., This position he filled for three years end a half, and it is told that when the inspector of- Dr. fDr. Seattle ' itt the roti me of kir . professional duties, =reed Otte day at . H=arriiston be met the youthful teacher end mistook him for a seleod boy. "How are things going at the echoer? inspired the inspector "Oh, fine,' was the reply. "How are the teachers?" - "Fine," returned the youth, "You have a teacher named Craw- ford," continued the• inquisitor, "how is be doing?" s " R youth on relearned the rho the .e 'of ins ides unIII again Inside. they When he graduated fraitrt the ;Uni- versity of Toronto, Henry J. 'Craw. ford was gold =medalist in . classics. After that he returned to his ,native county and taught for a few terms at Belleville. The next four years of his career were. passed at Seaforth Collegiate Institute, and here, "as a member of the Seaforth Hurons, - he was known as one of the greatest forwards playing soccer in. Canada." Again, at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute- of which he woe -classical master for more thanthirteen years, he showed great interest in athletics himself coaching his boys in running, jumping, football and other sports. He left Parkdale to take eleerge of Riverdale Collegiate Institute, and there he was when the Faculty of Education asked him to become Head of the University schools. The fine buildings - -st the corner of Bloor Street and Spadtna Avenue, Toronto, were then ready for occupa- tion, and there were boys desiring ad- mission, but the schools as an organic whole had no existence. All was to do, the "scouting for masters,' the organizing of staff and classes, the encouragement of school athletics, the fostering of worthy_ traditions, the - inspiration of a school spirit that should stand for what is worth while in life -with boys and "old boys." The work was onerous and the responsi- bilities great, but probably rested no more heavily on the broad shoulders of the experienced man than had the burden of his first class on the back of the sixteen year old lad, Professor Crawford -appropriates ly Professor of Education: is a an of wide and various interests. His Love of classics is balanced by a love of boys and a love of sport. His speeches are as frequently adorned with a witticism suggesting the Hi- bernian strain in his mixed ancestry of Irish, English and Scotch, as with a Latin • quotation. He' is notable a- like for, clearheadedness and geniality. He knows not only how to choose his assistants but when he has chosen them gives them support and a free hand in •the methods of their work. Frozn the first the University schools have made a very good show- ing in examinations, carrying off nu- merous scholarships and other hon- - ors. They have also "become known as the home of great track, rugby and hockey teams." The Headmaster re- gards the taint of professionalism as fatal to true sport, but values games played ,in the proper spirit for the cultivation of "the virtues of courage, endurance, - obedience, unselfishness and • loyalty - . . - . . the, quality of scrupulous fairness, respect for the rights of others, chivalrous approval of the skill of opponents, scorn of mere trickiness." Prof. Crawford specially approves the boy who is both scholar and athlete. It is worthy of note that of the 411 pupils and former pupils wbo enlisted #'or the Great War almost a fourth had won athletic' distinctions and "nearly all were active in school sports." Five members of the staff' also enlisted. sted. Thirty of the boys .from U. T. S. won decorations and fifty- eight, including one master, laid down their lives. ??As a tree .b its fruit," says the Headmaster, ' "so a. boys' school. is known by its bore -past and present?* BY SPECIAL REQUEST • CHRISTMAS MUSIC . . will be repeated at First Presbyterian Church, Seaforth REV. F. H, LARKIN, D.D, PASTOR Sunday, December, 28th, 1919 = MORNING Organ Recital 0 - 10.45-11 o'clock Anthem -Carol Peaceful Night Dr. 3, Humphrey Anger Soloist, Miss I. Scott - Anthem Blessed Be the Lord God of Israel Sir Joseph Barnby Anthem -Carol Glad Tidings De.Humphrey Anger Soloist, Dalton Reid IT Soprano Solo The Lord is My Light • Allitson Miss I. Scott Postlude And the Glory of the Lord (The Messiah) Handel EVENING Organ Recital 6.45-7 o'clock - Anthem - Nights of Nights Van der Water Soloist, Miss I. Scott Anthem - Birthday, of a King Neidlinger Soloist, Mr, James Mullen Carols The Light of Christmas Morning Dr. J. Humphrey Anger - God Best You, Merry Gentlemen The First Nowell • -- - -• (Old English Traditional) Tenor Solo 0 Song Divine • Gordon.. Temple Mr. George Israel Postlude The Hallelujah Chorus (The Messiah) Handel IW • ORGANIST AND CH0111 DIRECTOR -�-ML A. T. CRAW - events of October 20=November 14, We have to regard a condition, not a theory. The Imperialists of Ontario confront a fait accompli not a con- jecture. If the U. F. 0. Govern`znennt is the lawful descendant of Goldwin Smith's anti -Imperialism, what does the phenomenon mean? You must reckon with it, however deeply you may deplore it. The Canada -First man, as designat- ed by the "Farmers' Sun," sees no wisdom in Lord Jellicoe coming - to Canada to discuss Canadian naval policy. Re ° is for Canadian origina- tion -of every Canadian policy. If there is to be military or naval- co- operation between Canada and the other 'nations of the Empire, let it not be suggested by any emissary of Downing Street, or carry the smell of any Imperialist doctrine. The Canada-Firster of the Smith type thinks we do not need any naval or military protection. He is as much of a pacifist as he was before the late war. Having found out what war is in. Europe, the American people . are quite certain they do not want it Iters. - n you tell this Canada-Firster that his ideas mean aur_ complete re- liance upon the United States, be.says: "What of it?" He .says we have no inherently hostile interests . to the United States. We should trade with - them ;unhampered. by a tariff of any .sort or,.. kind. - = Our true = concerns are, entirely Worth American.. It is none of our business to dream of redressing bal- ances in Europe and Asia and all the islands of the sea. Hatt a continent is big enough for Canadians to de-: veep, Hitherto our polities have been degradedto. a- pitiful partisan- ship largely because our people were nurtd in the knowledge and admon- ition of a lordship across the sea which has stunted and distorted their i -he conception of their own cgsuttlr e countrywhich was created out of the forests by the incredible? toil of the, fathers of the present generatic► of Ontario farmers,- who ardently de- sired g sired that their descendants might be free from the restrictions and tyran- nies - which cursed thenuielvee and their ancestors in the $ hd' orld . Our business,. the Canada-J'irstera of the "Fanners? Sun" say, isto meta a new world entirely worth living :in, and to leave the old world to manage its own affairs. What have we to do with .India, .with Imperial influence in the Far East, or with the balance of power in the Balkans? It is only the fool whose oyes are iir all the ends of the earth. We must develop a democracy according to the genius• that' has gone into the true creative work of Canadians in Canada, and owe no ,sort of obedience to the thrones and aristocracies and social conven- tions which hang about the Eastern - Hemisphere --including the. United Kingdom --like - so many Old Men of the Sea. Tell these earnest, convinced Can- adians that all that means separation from the Empire, and they answer: I "What do we owe the Empire?" They do - not want violent severance -lots of them say they don't want sever- ance at all. But they want unrestrict= ed • freedom to develop Canada en- tirely in a Canadian way, without any compulsion to go to any other coun- try for leave to change the size or the scope; of Parliament, for final decision -as to the validity of the judg- ments of our own courts, or for even the nominal rulership which resides in a governor-general. Where we are less self-reliant than any other country we are inferior to that coun- try. Our children must be taught that their citizenship is second to none in the world. Probe the situation and you will find that the new Ontario Govern ment is in sympathy with thesis views. They are as far as the poles apart from the position that was exemplified by the Hearst Government. They must_ be accepted as being, held, per- haps - more or less indefinitely but still very potentially by the rank and file of the U. - F. O. And, if you try to eradicate them, you will have some job upon your hands. -By Clifford Sifford, in Saturday Night. THE "HEAD" OF THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS The December Canadian Magazine contains a most interesting article on the head of _the University schools, Toronto, by Prof. H, J. Crawford. Mr. Crawford a number of years ago was classical master at the Seaforth Collegiate, and was one of the most successful and popular teachers that institution ever had. He was also one of the original members of the famous Huron football team, and is still well remembered by many ° of our readers who were his former pupils and to whom this article will appeal: - - - The making of a school in the real sense is not a matter of mobilizing bricks and mortar, men and boys. These are necessary of course, but without a "central vitalizing force", the result, -says one who has particu- lar 'knowledge of- the schools- in ques- tion, can never be "niore than an edu- cational cafeteria. - For this reason the University Schools were most for- tunate in having as their first Head- master Prof. H, J. Crawford." It is but nine, years since "U. T. S." -4o give the new institution of learn- ing its familiar name --were estab- lished as a practice schools for the stu- dents in the j'Eulty ofEducation, Which itself came into being only in 1907. Nevertheless the true end and aim of a school, the education of its pupils, is never allowed to slip out of sight, and already- the University Schools count among the great schools of the Dominion. As the laboratory of the Faculty of Education they have the benefit of a staff chosen with special thought and care, of build- ings designed to show what the hous- ing of such an institution should be and of peculiarly excellent equipment for science, art and other classes. The University Schools opened in September, 1 10, with 325 boys on the roll. Thfre are now 450 pupils, of_ whom 25) belong to the senior school. The waiting list is always long, and lads are examined before admission. Preference is given to those intending to go on to the Uni- versity,. and 'French and Latin are taken in the junior school. In the rare cases where boys will not work they are not allowed to remain in the schools, - The Headmaster was born fifty- four years ago in Hastings County, at Bridgeyrater, a village about thirty miles. from - Belleville, where his fae ther was superintendent of an axe factory„ but it was in the public schools of Kincardine, Bruce County, that he received his early education and,incidentally, gained the reputes. tion of a "boy -wonder." At ten vane of a ,he pursed the ent iaance; at twely he obtained a second-elass tea - chem • certi ficste and, at :sixteen he embseked upon his life -work and3 camel a master in; Harriaton High Sohool.., This position he filled for three years end a half, and it is told that when the inspector of- Dr. fDr. Seattle ' itt the roti me of kir . professional duties, =reed Otte day at . H=arriiston be met the youthful teacher end mistook him for a seleod boy. "How are things going at the echoer? inspired the inspector "Oh, fine,' was the reply. "How are the teachers?" - "Fine," returned the youth, "You have a teacher named Craw- ford," continued the• inquisitor, "how is be doing?" s " R youth on relearned the rho the .e 'of ins ides unIII again Inside. they When he graduated fraitrt the ;Uni- versity of Toronto, Henry J. 'Craw. ford was gold =medalist in . classics. After that he returned to his ,native county and taught for a few terms at Belleville. The next four years of his career were. passed at Seaforth Collegiate Institute, and here, "as a member of the Seaforth Hurons, - he was known as one of the greatest forwards playing soccer in. Canada." Again, at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute- of which he woe -classical master for more thanthirteen years, he showed great interest in athletics himself coaching his boys in running, jumping, football and other sports. He left Parkdale to take eleerge of Riverdale Collegiate Institute, and there he was when the Faculty of Education asked him to become Head of the University schools. The fine buildings - -st the corner of Bloor Street and Spadtna Avenue, Toronto, were then ready for occupa- tion, and there were boys desiring ad- mission, but the schools as an organic whole had no existence. All was to do, the "scouting for masters,' the organizing of staff and classes, the encouragement of school athletics, the fostering of worthy_ traditions, the - inspiration of a school spirit that should stand for what is worth while in life -with boys and "old boys." The work was onerous and the responsi- bilities great, but probably rested no more heavily on the broad shoulders of the experienced man than had the burden of his first class on the back of the sixteen year old lad, Professor Crawford -appropriates ly Professor of Education: is a an of wide and various interests. His Love of classics is balanced by a love of boys and a love of sport. His speeches are as frequently adorned with a witticism suggesting the Hi- bernian strain in his mixed ancestry of Irish, English and Scotch, as with a Latin • quotation. He' is notable a- like for, clearheadedness and geniality. He knows not only how to choose his assistants but when he has chosen them gives them support and a free hand in •the methods of their work. Frozn the first the University schools have made a very good show- ing in examinations, carrying off nu- merous scholarships and other hon- - ors. They have also "become known as the home of great track, rugby and hockey teams." The Headmaster re- gards the taint of professionalism as fatal to true sport, but values games played ,in the proper spirit for the cultivation of "the virtues of courage, endurance, - obedience, unselfishness and • loyalty - . . - . . the, quality of scrupulous fairness, respect for the rights of others, chivalrous approval of the skill of opponents, scorn of mere trickiness." Prof. Crawford specially approves the boy who is both scholar and athlete. It is worthy of note that of the 411 pupils and former pupils wbo enlisted #'or the Great War almost a fourth had won athletic' distinctions and "nearly all were active in school sports." Five members of the staff' also enlisted. sted. Thirty of the boys .from U. T. S. won decorations and fifty- eight, including one master, laid down their lives. ??As a tree .b its fruit," says the Headmaster, ' "so a. boys' school. is known by its bore -past and present?*